Baptism of Jesus

Luke 3:21-22

For the story of the Baptism of Jesus, I painted this glow in the dark picture.

I purchased an off white flat twin sheet and cut it into fourths.  This picture is painted on one fourth.  I used a coloring book page as the pattern.  Then I painted the scene with acrylic paint.  I used fabric markers for the outline of Jesus' clothes and the water.  Above Jesus' head is a dove painted in glow in the dark acrylic paint.  I heat set the paint after it was dry by putting the finished sheet in the dryer.

I  turned off the lights and the dove glowed in the dark.  You could also use a blacklight to get a similar effect.

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Fiery Furnace Blacklight

Daniel 3

For this blacklight scene, I used one flat twin bed sheet (off white). I used a simple coloring book page as a pattern.  I made it larger using a transparency and an overhead projector. I used acrylic paint to paint the men and the fire.  I used glow in the dark acrylic paint for the angel.

This visual works well as a glow in the dark visual or a blacklight visual.  If you want to use it as a glow in the dark visual, you need to open the sheet and lay it so that the paint gets charged by sitting under a light (sunlight or flourescent light) for several hours.  If you want the glow in the dark effect, only the angel will appear when you turn off the lights.

I prefer using a blacklight because then you can see the three friends and the angel as well.  If I were doing this again, I would draw turbans on the men since the Bible says they had turbans on.

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Handwriting on the Wall Blacklight

Daniel 5

To make this type of scene, I purchased a cheap off white or cream colored flat bed sheet.  I cut the sheet into fourths.  This is painted on one of those fourths.  I found a simple coloring book picture of the scene that I wanted and made it larger using a transparency and overhead projector.  (The more detailed the picture, the more challenging this type of project will be.  Keep it simple!)

Top picture: 

My daughter and I painted the scene with acrylic paints.  We painted the handwriting with glow in the dark acrylic paint.  When complete, we heat set the picture in the dryer. In person, it's very hard to see the yellow in the middle but the camera picked up more than I thought it would.

Bottom picture: 

At the appropriate part of the story, we turned off the lights and turned on a blacklight.  (Blacklights are easier to find at Halloween but several home improvement stores carry them year round.)  To do this without a blacklight, set the picture out in the open so it can get light - sunlight or flourescent light.  This will allow the glow in the dark paint to "charge".  When ready to use, just turn off the lights and it will glow! 



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Saul's Conversion Take Home

 Blacklight

In the dark

Acts 91-19

Here's another idea for Saul on the road to Damascus.  On regular construction paper, let the children draw a scene with a road.  The children can either draw Saul or glue on a pre-cut Saul.  (I cut Saul and his clothes using a Sizzix die cut machine but you could use a Cricut machine.)  Using glow in the dark paint (available at a craft store), let the children paint lines going away from Saul.  (The photo makes the rays show up more than they do in real life.)  Then when you get to the point in the story where the light from heaven flashes around him, you can turn on the blacklight and make it glow, or you can turn off the lights and it will glow.  (Just a hint:  if you want the paint to glow in the dark again, keep the paper in the light and it will "charge" the glow in the dark paint again.)

When the children take this home, they will be able to retell the story!

Instructions

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